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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4049357 | Sliding coupling device for a lanyard or the like A first portion or section of a flexible wrist cord is connected to a second portion or section of the cord by a sliding coupling device including a pair of mating identical housing sections which are assembled to form a housing having an internal cavity.... | 09/20/1977 |
| 3990276 | Theft protection device for appliances and portable office equipment The device consists briefly of a short length of flexible cable having an enlargement on at least one end which is releasably attached to a hold-down bar which is affixed to an anchoring object. A lock cover completely envelopes the entire mechanism attac... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3988810 | Jamming cleat for releasably holding ropes cords, cables and similar elongate articles The present invention relates to a jamming cleat for quickly securing the end of a rope, cable or cord. Such a cleat is disclosed in my U.S. Pat. No. 3,574,900. In that known device one end of a cord is held between the walls of a V-shaped groove and the ... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3944186 | Locking pulley assembly and method of making same A locking pulley assembly includes a pulley adapted to be affixed to a surface, a pull handle, a swivel hook, and a cord extending between the swivel hook and the handle around the pulley wheel. The pulley includes a unitary pulley wheel having locking gr... | 03/16/1976 |
